Melee_Damage Your melee damage is the amount of bonus damage you do with unarmed and melee weapons in combat. Using your fists, a knife, or a sledgehammer in combat would do the basic amount of damage for those weapons plus your melee damage. The Bonus Hand-to-Hand Damage perk may be taken multiple times to further increase your melee damage.
Starting Melee Damage is determined by the formula: (ST * 2) - 10 , minimum 1.